India may have been knocked out of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup in the Group Stage, but their performance in the last match against defending champions Japan gave hope to football fans across the country. Having gone down 0-3 in the first half of their last match of Group D …
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Warriors are not the ones who always win, but the ones who always fight. These set of words could probably never have been any truer than in the 4-8 loss that the Blue Colts suffered at the hands of Japan in their last Group D match of the AFC U-17 …
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After a resounding success over Pakistan in their Bangabandhu SAFF Championship opener, the Indian senior men’s team face Nepal in their second Group A match at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru, on Saturday, June 24. A victory for India, coupled with a win or a draw for Kuwait against …
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Indian National Football Team coach, Igor Stimac, recently expressed his admiration for the hospitality and sports facilities provided by the Odisha government during the Intercontinental Cup. Stimac emphasized the quality of the training pitches and a well-maintained match pitch which not only contributed to the players’ performance but also reflected …
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“We have a plan against Japan, we know what is required and we will approach that game accordingly,” said coach Bibiano Fernandes ahead of tonight’s AFC U-17 Asian Cup final group stage match.
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Sunil Chhetri scored a hattrick, taking his International goals tally to 90 as India beat Pakistan 4-0 in their opening game of the SAFF Championships. On a night where more than 20,000 came to watch the Blue Tigers in Bengaluru, the Indian team dominated from the first minute and continued …
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Ninety international goals. No matter what, no matter how, no matter who, it’s a surreal number. Sunil Chhetri is now the fourth-highest international goalscorer in the history of the sport, overtaking Malaysia’s Mokhtar Dahari at 89. Only centurions Cristiano Ronaldo, Ali Daei and Lionel Messi have netted more times for …
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It’s down to the last game in Group D of the AFC U-17 Asian Cup for India, and it’s the biggest one of them all so far. Japan await the Blue Colts in a match that will be played at the Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, one that will decide …
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The Indian senior men’s team kicked off their SAFF Championship title defence with a 4-0 victory over Pakistan in Group A on Wednesday, June 21 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. Sunil Chhetri netted an early brace before adding another after the break for his fourth international hat-trick, thereby …
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I once more gave answers to a plethora of questions on Indian football on a livestream of the Indian Food and Football channel alongside Nilanjan Datta. We spoke this afternoon about the Intercontinental Cup final, India vs Lebanon and much much more…
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